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Letter from the Editor
By Attiyya Atkins, Publisher – Villij News As I sit in my garden, I catch myself thinking: What a wonderful world. Out here, I talk to my plants like old friends. The lemon and lime trees are doing their thing, one of them even sprouted thorns, which made me laugh a little. Nature has its
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BSO Deputy Fired After Arrest on Sexual Battery Charges in Deerfield Beach
By Villij News Staff DEERFIELD BEACH – March 17, 2026 – A Broward Sheriff’s Office detention deputy has been terminated following his arrest on multiple felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault at a Deerfield Beach house party. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 25-year-old Edwin Horace, who was hired in June 2025, was
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Free Food Distribution Happening Today in Broward as Fresh Communities Tour Stops in Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Families across Broward County can access free, fresh food today as United Way of Broward County hosts a large-scale drive-through distribution as part of the Fresh Communities Tour: From the Fields to America’s Cities. The event runs today, Friday, April 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at United Way Broward
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Tsunami at Ali Cultural Arts Center — Art in the Wake of Anxiety and Transformation
On view January 30 through April 25, Tsunami is a deeply personal and visually arresting 36-piece mixed-media series by Tracy Ann Simmonds that transforms predatory lending mail, house paint, braided hair, pearls, and other recycled materials into layered works about waste, identity, and resilience. What began as anxiety over the flood of junk mail —
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